9 Padwell Road, Southampton, SO14 6QY

9 Padwell Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Southampton (SO14 6QY). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2022 and council tax band E. At 74 m² this is the 6th smallest of 28 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 52–155 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (77 versus a worst of 38). The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 3 certificates since July 2013. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Very Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good.

At 74 m² it sits well below the postcode median (106 m² across 27 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 70% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£326/sq ft) was about 88.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2021 for £260,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.